Dual structures of governance, that is, the collegial and the hierarchical, are in place in many university libraries today. The problems from a managerial perspective of managing the coexistence of these governance structures may include accountability, lack of organizational flexibility, time requirements, communication between the structures, some lessening of librarians' interest in the fun...

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Based on interviews with Finnish deans, this study examines the affective milieu of academia. The neoliberalisation process in universities has strengthened centralised leadership and increased power managers. Simultaneously, market-driven competitive ethos deepened binary between ‘winners’ ‘losers’ at all levels academia, giving rise to an affectively tense atmosphere. Due their power, manager...

The Chinese-English bilingual teaching in the circuit course is an important approach to foster innovational talents for the electronic industry in the new century. In this article, we analyze the background, applicability and feasibility of bilingual teaching in the course of circuit and the difficulties facing in the process of implementation. We explore various approaches and methods to over...

Retention of provisional substitute teachers (PSTs) in the teaching profession is an important and timely topic that relates to sustainability schools’ work environment profession. The present study re-examines these issues using teacher job satisfaction (TJS) as a surrogate variable. More precisely, MUlti-criteria Satisfaction Analysis (MUSA) -a method combines Multi-Criteria Decision Importan...

Professional sponsorship is a helping relationship aimed at a career advancement. It includes the hierarchical association between the mentor and protégé, and the collegial associations between peer mentors, among "peer pals," and in support networks. Sponsors serve as advocates, emotional supporters, and information-givers for those they sponsor. The adoption of sponsorship as a leadership dev...